biguprush

This is a list of countries that DO NOT require visa to visit Panama but there are some limitations on the length of the visit. So check with the consulate office in your country. Some countries are so relaxed that you can come, leave when you are about to get to your limit, stay 1 week elsewhere like Costa Rica or Colombia and re-enter with your counter reset to zero.

If you get a penalty, you won't be able to leave until you pay it and it's usually paid directly at offices that have this weird schedule so it makes it pretty annoying to deal with the bureaucracy.

This countries do not require a visa to visit Panama.

Andorra Canada Honduras Malta Republic of Korea Sweden Antigua and Barbuda Chile Hong Kong SAR Marshall Romania Switzerland Arab Democratic Republic Colombia Hungary Mexico Sahrawi Taiwan Argentina Comoros Iceland Micronesia Saint Kitts and Nevis Thailand Armenia Costa Rica Ireland Moldova Saint Lucia The Czech Republic Australia Croatia Islands Monaco Saint Thomas and Prince The Netherlands Austria Cyprus Islands Mauritius Mongolia Samoa Tonga Bahamas Denmark Israel Montenegro San Marino Trinidad and Tobago Belarus Dominica Italy Namibia Saudi Arabia Turkey Belgium Ecuador Jamaica Nauru Serbia Tuvalu Belize El Salvador Japan New Zealand Seychelles Ukraine Bhutan Estonia Kiribati Nicaragua Singapore United Arab Emirates Bolivia Fiji Kuwait Norway Slovakia United kingdom Bosnia and Herzegovina Finland Liechtenstein Palau Slovenia United States of America Botswana France Lithuania Papua New Guinea Solomon Islands Uruguay Brazil Germany Luxembourg Paraguay South Africa Vanuatu British National Overseas (BNO) Granada Macedonia Peru South Korea Vatican City Brunei Greece Madagascar Poland South Russia Vietnam Bulgaria Guatemala Malaysia Portugal Spain Cambodia Guyana Maldives Qatar St. Vincent and the Grenadines

SJOGuy

That's the flip side of the longtime trick that foreigners use to stay in Costa Rica. For many years, USA, Canada, and W Europe citizens got 90 days to stay in Costa Rica. They could leave for 72 hours, return, and set the counter back to zero. In Panama, Bocas del Toro and Boquete (via David) are favored destinations for these visa runs. In Nicaragua, Granada and San Juan del Sur are popular places to go. I know people who've done this for years. It's a grey area if this is legal or not.

The 90 days has now been expanded to 180 days for those citizens.